Author:
Elmer Banks Clark, 1910-
Title:
Scrapbook, 1930-1937.
Description:
1 vol. (71 pages)
Bio/historical note:
E. B. (Fred) Clark was a student at the University of Florida from 1931 to 1937. He received his BA in Education in 1935 and a Master's in French in 1937.
Summary:
Scrapbook containing clippings, photographs, postcards and memorabilia. The scrapbook documents Clark's graduation from the Adelphi Academy in New York in 1930 through his graduate school days at UF. Clark roomed at the Thomas Hotel during most of his stay at UF and there are many photographs of the hotel, guests, and members of the Thomas family. There are also photographs of Gainesville residents as well as people and places in St. Petersburg, Florida.

          Gift of Joel W. Eastman. Donated in the author's name.

 

University of Florida Archives

 

Page Descriptions:

Page 1

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Page 2

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Page 3

Book Shelf Scrap Book of E.B. Fred Clark

 

Page 4

Copyrighted 1931 with other information

 

Page 5

Commencement invitation at Adelphia Academy

Two newspaper clippings

 

Page 6

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Page 7

Two newspaper clippings

 

Page 8

Three newspaper clippings

 

Page 9

Program of Commencement Exercises of the Class of 1930

 

Page 10

Blank

 

Page 11

Another page of the Program of Commencement Exercises

 

Page 12

Copy of the official school record of Elmer Banks Clark, Jr. (first and second years)

 

Page 13

Third and fourth years of the school record

 

Page 14

a.  Horticulture Bldg. U. of F.

b.  University of Florida Stadium – seats 22,000

c.  Stadium

d.  Stables U. of F.

 

Page 15

Views of my “Alma Mater” (1930-1937)

a.  Peabody Hall

b.  Administration Building

 

Page 16

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Page 17

a.  Florida Union Bldg.

b.  P.K. Yonge Laboratory School – Here I did my first “practice teaching”

 

Page 18

John F. Seagle Bldg.

 

Page 19

a.  Auditorium

b.  Campus

 

Page 20

Seagle Bldg.

 

Page 21

a.  Campus

b.  ZAE House – “I did not belong to a fraternity”

 

Page 22

Seagle Bldg.

 

Page 23

a.  Chemistry Building

b.  Stadium – “My M.A. degree was conferred during the first Commencement to be held in this Stadium”

 

Page 24

“Architect’s drawing. Only a portion of this structure had been built when I left the university in 1937”  (Administration Building)

 

Page 25

Radio Station WRUF

Page 26

Written note – “The Hotel Thomas was my home for six years.”

 

Page 27

Hotel Thomas, Gainesville, Fla (front view)

 

Page 28

Views of Hotel Thomas – six small photographs

a.  View of entry path and front of the building

b.  Closer view of building

c.  Sidewalk beside the hotel

d.  Wrought iron fence and Hotel Thomas beyond

e.  A woman seated on a porch swing

f.  A young man sitting on a porch railing

 

Page 29

Hotel Thomas

“This hotel, my home for most of my college days, was operated by Major Thomas.  It had a family atmosphere.  Sometimes Mother would spend the winter here.  At other times I would be alone.”

 

Page 30

Views of Hotel Thomas – eight small photos a-h

 

Page 31

Patio, Hotel Thomas

 

Page 32

Views of Hotel Thomas – six small photos a-f

 

Page 33

Patio, Hotel Thomas

 

Page 34

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Page 35

Written note – “Casa Mia” (1930-1937), no photograph on page

 

Page 36

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Page 37

Three newspaper clippings

 

 

Page 38

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Page 39

Commencement Convocation program – June 7, 1937

 

Page 40

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Page 41

Baccalaureate Sermon program – June 6, 1937

 

Page 42

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Page 43

Pamphlet – Rules Governing Academic Customs and Costumes

 

Page 44

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Page 45

Newspaper clipping

 

Page 46

Newspaper clipping – continuation of article on page 45

 

Page 47

Newspaper clipping

 

Page 48

Blank

 

Page 49

Views of a home on the “Coffee Pot”, St. Petersburg, Fla. – six small photos a-f

 

Page 50

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Page 51

Six small photos with views of St. Petersburg, Fla.

1.  Pelican on pier

2.  Soreno Hotel

3.  On Snell Island

4.  Dirigible hanger

5.  The pier

6.  Pelicans on pier

 

Page 52

a.  Pier at St. Petersburg - exterior

b.  Pier at St. Petersburg – view from under colonnade

c.  Log cabin at Paradise, Silver Springs, Fla.

 

Page 53

“The Portrait Gallery – pictures of friends in Gainesville, Fla. Students, town people, tourists etc.  This is not a fully complete collection”.

 

Page 54

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Page 55

a.  Alfred Rembert

b.  Virginia Biddle

c.  Alfred and Wilson Hendricks

d.  Virginia  - “I was briefly engaged to V. Biddle”

 

Page 56

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Page 57

a.  Virginia

b.  Mildred and I

c.  Mildred Thomas

d.  Mildred – “Mildred Thomas is another member of the large Thomas family”.

 

Page 58

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Page 59

a.  Mildred and I

b.  Mildred

c.  Mildred

 

Page 60

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Page 61

a.  Mildred and I

b.  Ray Stockfish

 

Page 62

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Page 63

“O.P.” Davis – “a clerk at Hotel Thomas, well liked by everyone”

 

Page 64

Note – “This picture was made at Crawford Notch, N. H….”  refers to photo a. on Page 65

 

Page 65

a.  Dan Wyman and I

b.  “Phil” Thomas (manager of Hotel Thomas)

c.  Mr. Marsh (guest at hotel)

d.  Small photo of a man by some trees

 

Page 66

Blank

 

Page 67

a.  “Mr. And Mrs. Herbert MacIntire, who gave me this book as a graduation gift,

June 1937”

b.  Louise Sword

 

Page 68

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Page 69

a.  Mrs. Mary McRee

b.  “Dick” Tench – “classmate at U. of F. Picture taken atop roof of hotel in Valdosta, Georgia

 

Page 70

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Page 71

a.  “Buddy” Chalker

b.  Another picture of “Buddy”?

 

Page 72

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Page 73

a.  Claude Murphree – by a car

b.  Claude Murphree – by a door to a building

 

Page 74

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Page 75

a.  Roy Daniels

b.  Victor Konopka – U. of F. student

 

Page 76

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Page 77

John Meagley  (pictured with a young woman whose name is not given)

 

Page 78

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Page 79

a.  “Bob” Higginbotham – “country lad from interior of Florida.  I visited his home”.

b.  Roger Monroe – U. of F. Student

 

Page 80

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Page 81

a.  George Watson – “Friend from St. Petersburg Fla.”

b.  George and one of his friends

 

Page 82

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Page 83

a.  “Jack” Cooper  - “Friend from Palatka, Fla.”

b.  Roger, myself, Jack – “Three little lads in Florida white”

 

Page 84

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Page 85

John Maura – U. of F. Student

 

Page 86

Blank

 

Page 87

Note – “Allen of Miami” – no photo included on page

 

Page 88

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Page 89

Woodrow of Miami

 

Page 90

Blank

 

Page 91

George Watson of St. Petersburg, Fla

 

Pages 92-149

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Loose photographs

a.  Mother

b.  Commencement Day U of F. ‘37

c.  After Commencement – June 1937

d.  Front porch in my house.

e.  General Beaver’s residence, showing the approach

f.  Rear view of the general’s house taken from the formal gardens

g.  General Beaver’s residence taken from the highway in front

h.  Fred on a big palm.

i.  Out by Fred’s room

j.  Me by the big palm.  The lake is Mirror Lake, near here.

k.  Tryon, N.C. April 1919.  Billy and Elmer (the horse)

l.  Apartment building in Brooklyn, New York City, where we lived in 1930, prior to going to Florida.

 

Fifteen unidentified photographs of people and buildings